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Big Ten football is coming back — but how safe will it be for players and coaches? A Q&A with medical and health experts.

October 20, 2020 at 12:17 p.m.

Four FBS conferences postponed fall sports because of COVID-19 concerns. Several football games scheduled in conferences that have been playing were postponed or canceled. Outbreaks have occurred on numerous campuses...

Donald Trump attends the Army v. Navy football game in Philadelphia on Dec. 14, 2019.

Donald Trump’s involvement in sports might be the most divisive, but he isn’t the only president who has meddled in our games

September 28, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.

President Donald Trump's comments about sports have been among the most bombastic of his time in office. He called NFL players who kneel during the national anthem in protest of...

Joe Ruklick, a former Northwestern and NBA player who got the assist on Wilt Chamberlain's basket that gave him 100 points in a game in 1962, at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Dec. 14, 2016.

Former Northwestern All-American Joe Ruklick, who assisted Wilt Chamberlain’s basket that gave him 100 points in an NBA game, dies at 82

September 18, 2020 at 10:56 a.m.

Former Northwestern basketball star Joe Ruklick died Thursday of natural causes at 82, a university spokesman said. Rucklick played for the Wildcats from 1956-59 and was an All-American as a...

College basketball season will begin Nov. 25 — the day before Thanksgiving

September 16, 2020 at 6:20 p.m.

College basketball is coming back. After the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments were canceled in March because of COVID-19 concerns, the sport will return to the court Nov. 25, the...

Memorial Stadium's north video board projects the news of the return of Big Ten football on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Lincoln, Neb.

Column: The Big Ten will have to walk a dangerous tightrope to pull off a football season. And even if it trips up, will anyone care?

September 17, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

The Big Ten announced Wednesday that football will resume this fall. Let's look at the state of life on those campuses. Ohio State suspended more than 200 students for partying...

Kayla Isom, a senior at UIC, trains on the field in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2020.

It’s not only football players. The postponement of fall sports affects so many college athletes — just without the outcry.

September 15, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

When Loyola senior midfielder Giann Magno learned the fall soccer season was postponed because of COVID-19, he processed a mix of emotions. He was disappointed not to compete. He was...

COVID-19 has touched — and altered —the entire sports landscape, from beer vendors at Wrigley Field, from clockwise, to college athletes such as Northern Illinois linebacker Kyle Pugh, Chicago White Sox pitcher Gio Gonzalez and Illinois cheerleader Maddie Bolser

The bubble athlete. The beer vendor. The cheerleader. The tailgaters. A snapshot of life in sports during 6 months of COVID-19.

September 14, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.

When the NBA suspended its season March 11, it created a ripple effect that quickly shut down the rest of the sports world, perhaps the first clear hint in the...

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